Brad Cooper; North Carolina; Permitted to plead to second-degree murder...
STORY: "Brad Cooper pleads guilty to second-degree murder; gets at least 12 years in prison, by reporter Anne Blythe, published by The News and Observer on September 22, 2014.PHOTO CAPTION: "Brad...
View ArticleHenry Keogh: A informative chapter from Dr. Bob Moles book "Losing their grip...
COUNTDOWN: 9 days to Wrongful Conviction Day: (Thursday October 2, 2014); CHAPTER:"Losing their grip - the case of Henry Keogh: Chapter eleven: Getting closer to the truth, " by Dr Robert Moles....
View ArticleDouglas Hales: Saskatchewan; Although he lost a mistrial motion based on The...
COUNTDOWN: 8 days to Wrongful Conviction Day: (Thursday October 2, 2014); STORY: "Judge rules against mistrial in Saskatoon (Mr. Big) murder case," by reporter Bryn Levy, published by CJME on...
View ArticleHenry Keogh: Australia; Forensic pathologist Matthew Lynch says Anna-Jane...
ANNA-JANE Cheney likely died accidentally after fainting and hitting her head on the bath she drowned in, an interstate forensic pathology expert has told Henry Keogh’s landmark appeal case. STORY:...
View ArticleMark Lundy: New Zealand; (Convicted of murdering his wife and daughter);...
COUNTDOWN: 7 days to Wrongful Conviction Day: (Thursday October 2, 2014); Update: Recent signed up participants: These include the Irish Innocence Project and the Canadian National Association's...
View ArticleAlbert Baird: Nova Scotia; First-degree murder charge in case of missing...
COUNTDOWN: 6 days to Wrongful Conviction Day: (Thursday October 2, 2014); Participant's quote:"One exoneree with whom the Griffith University Innocence Project had the good fortune and great honour to...
View ArticleBrad Cooper; North Carolina; Columnist says whether you believe he is...
COUNTDOWN: 5 days to Wrongful Conviction Day: (Thursday October 2, 2014); COMMENTARY: "Saunders: Brad Cooper plea may have been expedient, but it was also troubling," by News and Observer columnist...
View ArticleSaskatchewan Star-Phoenix story "Wrongful Conviction Day to raise awareness"...
STORY: "Wrongful Conviction Day to raise awareness," by reporter Betty Ann Adam, published by the Star-Phoenix on September 27, 2014.GIST: "It's a way of people realizing it's an international...
View ArticleCameron Todd Willingham; Express-News columnist Rick Casey has some sage...
COUNTDOWN: 4 days to Wrongful Conviction Day: (Thursday October 2, 2014); Radio event today (September 28, 2014): Canadian exonerees Ron Dalton and William Mullins-Johnson (a Charles smith case) and...
View ArticleWrongful Conviction Day: October 2, 2014. A sampling of just a few of the...
COUNTDOWN: days to Wrongful Conviction Day: (Thursday October 2, 2014);PUBLISHER'S VIEW: "As our very first Wrongful Conviction Day approaches, thanks to the initiative of The Association in...
View ArticleReginald Tanubagijo: California: Convicted in July of second degree murder...
COUNTDOWN: 3 days to Wrongful Conviction Day: (Thursday October 2, 2014); Participant's quote. Legal Aid Ontario: “Wrongful Conviction Day highlights the importance of not only remedying but also...
View ArticleAnti-junk science legislation: Forensics in Focus publisher Mike Bowers...
COUNTDOWN: 3 days to Wrongful Conviction Day: (Thursday October 2, 2014);POST: "Anti-junk forensic science bill is now law: Criminal justice public policy breakthrough in California," by Mike Bowers,...
View ArticleEd Graf: Jury selection begins October 6. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals...
STORY: "Questionnaires to aid Ed Graf murder retrial jury selection," by reporter Tommy Witherspoon, published by the Waco Tribune on September 28, 2014.GIST: "The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals...
View ArticleWrongful Conviction Day: 1 Day to go. Ohio Innocence says this international...
COUNTDOWN: 1 day to go to the very first Wrongful Conviction Day: (Thursday October 2, 2014); STORY: Ohio Innocence Project signs up for Wrongful Conviction Day: Statement by Mark Godsey, Director,...
View ArticleMichael Alan Parker: North Carolina; Exonerated : Court has dismissed all...
COUNTDOWN: 1 day to go to the very first Wrongful Conviction Day: (Thursday October 2, 2014); STORY: "Man exonerated, ends 22-year prison stay," published by Associated Press, on August 27,...
View ArticleThursday, October 2, 2014; Wrongful Conviction Day: Romeo Phillion; Ontario,...
PUBLISHER' S VIEW (Editorial); Romeo Phillion spent 31-years in penitentiary as a murderer before having his conviction quashed by the Ontario Court of Appeal. He was never provided a police report...
View ArticleAmanda Knox: Her extraordinary account of "What it feels like to be wrongly...
ESSAY: "What it feels like to be wrongly accused," by Amanda Knox published by Seattle Met Magazine on October 1, 2014. SUB-HEADING: "I spent four years in an Italian prison for a crime I did not...
View ArticleEd Graf: Texas. Convicted neary 30 years ago; Arson. Retrial set to start...
STORY: "Activist group pushes for exoneration in 1986 Hewitt double murder case," by reporter Chris Davis, published by KCEN TV on October 1, 2014.GIST: "It's a nearly 30-year-old murder case, and now...
View ArticleEye-witness identification: Time Magazine goes "Behind the messy science of...
STORY: "Behind the messy science of police lineups," by reporter Josh Sanburn, published by Time Magazine on October 3, 2014.SUB-HEADING: "A National Academy of Sciences report recommends sweeping...
View ArticleNational Academy of Sciences lineups report: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story...
STORY: "National report on witness identification does little to settle Pittsburgh dispute on best procedures," by reporter Paula Reed Ward, published by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on October 4,...
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